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The woods are never solitary--they are full of whispering, beckoning, friendly life. But the sea is a mighty soul, forever moaning of some great, unshareable sorrow, which shuts it up into itself for all eternity.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
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Novelist
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Short Story Writer
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New London
Prince Edward Island
Lucy Maud Montgomery Macdonald
Sea
Shuts
Sorrow
Sailor
Full
Whispering
Forever
Mighty
Soul
Solitary
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Friendly
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Woods
Beckoning
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Eternity
Moaning

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